Shadow was sitting on
his couch thinking. Amy has currently left on a trip to take care of
out of town business. Shadow was left to baby sit their daughter,
Maria. Maria is now four years old and has become a bit of an
annoyance. While Shadow was thinking he heard crying from the baby's
room.

"Daddy! Daddy!" She
yelled. Shadow ran upstairs to her room. He saw her on the ground
crying over a picture. He saw that it was a picture of them at the
park. It was taken last summer and you could see all of the trees
still green.

"What's wrong?"
He went and sat in front of her. "Maria crawled into his lap and
leaned against him.

"I miss mommy." She
whimpered. Shadow smiled and picked her up. "You miss mommy? Well I
know how to fix that." Shadow said smiling at the small child.

He carried her
downstairs and put her on the sofa. He went and grabbed the phone.
Amy left a number if anything went wrong. He dialed it and looked at
Maria. She still had tears falling but managed a smile.

Hello?

"Hey Amy. How's the
trip?

Tiring. Any thing
wrong?

"Someone here really
needs to talk to you. Hold on." Shadow gave the phone to Maria.

"Hi mommy!" Maria
said smiling. Amy and her spoke for awhile. Hearing her mother's
voice made Maria happy.

"Here daddy." Maria
gave him the phone.

Thanks Shadow. That
was a great idea letting her call.

"I can't just let
cry all day. Well see you in a week Ames."

Bye.

Amy hung up and Shadow
put the phone back. Maria yawned and got off the couch. She waddled
over to Shadow and hugged his leg. "Thank you daddy. Me feel a hole
lat better." Maria said looking up at him. Shadow smiled and picked
her back up.

"Daddy….why is sky
blue like Unky Sonic?" She asked. Shadow raised an eyebrow and
wondered how she came up with that question. It never interested her
before.

"Daddy……why is
gwass greewn?" She asked another question.

"I…um..I don't
know Maria." Shadow said wondering where all of these questions
were headed.

"Why am I tiny? Why
are you big?" Maria went on and on with questions. Shadow sat on
the couch with her on his chest.

She played with his
plushy white fur till she asked another question.

"Daddy….here is
bigbigbig qwestion." Maria said stretching her arms as if trying to
reach the ceiling.

"What is your bigbig
question?" Shadow said mimicking her.

"Where did I come
from? Where do babies come from? Aunty Rouge is getting a baby and
she said it's like magic!" She said jumping up and down. Shadow's
jaw dropped and he looked at his daughter. He had no answer for that
question. Well he did but not one appropriate for a young mind. "Oh
um you see I…" Shadow tried to think fast.

"Maria wait here."
Shadow put her on the couch and Shadow went upstairs.

"My
god……AMMMMMYYYYYYYY!" Shadow yelled upstairs. He looked all
around his bedroom lost. "How do I answer such a question!? I
thought everyone already knew this!" Shadow paced through the whole
room.

Maria heard him scream
and she crawled upstairs. She looked around and saw him on the floor
looking up at the ceiling. "Daddy?" She said confused. She
waddled over to him and crawled up on to his chest. Shadow looked at
her.

She was smiling at him.
He could see a lot more questions coming into her little mind. "I
tell you where babies come from when you're older." Shadow said
sounding tired. He had no idea why but he felt exhausted.

"But me big girl now.
Pwease tell me!" She said crawling off of his chest. She went over
to his ear and pulled it.

Shadow didn't mind.
He knew she didn't know any better yet. "Please stop pulling my
ear Maria." Shadow said sounding defeated. He rolled on to his
side. He realized that he was still on the floor. "Daddy pwease."
Maria said crawling to his face.

Her eyes were the
smallest things Shadow has ever seen. "Huhh…" He sat up and
stretched his legs out. "No. You're still a bit young." He
said. She crawled on to his lap and sat looking up right at him.

"Maria I said no. How
about we wait till mommy comes back and you can ask her." Shadow
insisted.

"But when will mommy
come bwack?" She asked.

"Seven days. Maybe
less." Shadow said closing his eyes. Maria stared at him tilting
her head. She got up and hugged him. Her arms could hardly make it
around his chest. "Ok daddy. Me wait till mommy comes bwack." She
said still hugging him. Shadow returned the hug but still had his
eyes closed. Maria laid against him and yawned. "Night night
daddy." She said. She yawned again and nuzzled against his furry
chest.

Shadow still hugged his
daughter and kept his eyes closed. He could feel her little heart
beat and breathing against his chest.

He sensed that it was
night fall. He opened one eye half way and looked out his window from
the floor. It was dark with white and yellow dots in the sky. He
looked back to the sleeping infant on him.

He slowly picked her up
and went and laid on his bed. He left her on his chest and he laid on
his pillow.

"So many questions
from someone so small. There should be a book about this." Shadow
whispered to himself so as not to wake up Maria.

He smiled at the
sleeping figure that was on him. He stroked her quills and placed hid
hand on her back. She smiled and buried her face deeper against his
fur. Shadow laughed and closed his eyes. He slept until he was woken
up by Maria pulling his white fur.

"Daddy….Daddy……up"
She said half asleep. Shadow mumbled and opened his eyes half way.

"What is it?" He
asked.

"Am I an angel?
Because my fwend Jamie said that his Aunty was now an angel. Am I
one?" She asked. She didn't give Shadow time to answer because
she fell asleep again Shadow stroked her quills and smiled lovingly.
"You are very much my angel." He said. He kissed her head and
slept. He knew in the back of his head that there will be more
questions tomorrow.

The End

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